The revolution that occured in Egypt began on January 25 of this year with the primary aims to overthrow the corrupt former president, Hosni Mobarak. The other goals that were hoped to be met, after getting rid of Mobarak's regime, were to resolve politcal and social issues including, but not limited to, low minimum wage, food price inflation, and freedom of speech. The revolutionarees who participated came from a variety of ethnic, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds who were all united by the common goal of revolting against their political leader and establishing a just government. Although peaceful in nature, there were events of violence when riots broke out and military forces killed 840 people and another 6000 were injured. It got to the point where even Cairo, the capitol city, was labeled as a war zone. On February 11, the wish of the Egyptian citizens was met as President Mobarak resigned from his office and is now on trial for his crimes. However, Egypt is still far from reolving its politcal and social issues, but having Mobarak out of the picture will make things much easier for the people of Egypt.
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